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Man is a wonder to himself he can neither govern nor know himself.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Govern
Neither
Wonder
Self
Men

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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die for that only is well, that ends well.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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